Shloka 11
धृतराष्ट्रोपदेशः
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Instruction on Rājadharma and Bala
ब्रह्मदेयाग्रहारांश्व॒ पुत्राणामौर्ध्वदेहिकम् । इतो रत्नानि गाश्चैव दासीदासमजाविकम्
brahmadeyāgrahārāṁś ca putrāṇām aurdhvadehikam | ito ratnāni gāś caiva dāsīdāsam ajāvikam ||
(ಅವನು) ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರಿಗೆ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮದೇಯಗಳನ್ನೂ ತೆರಿಗೆಮುಕ್ತ ಗ್ರಾಮಗಳನ್ನೂ (ಅಗ್ರಹಾರ) ನೀಡಿದನು; ಪುತ್ರರಿಗಾಗಿ ಔರ್ಧ್ವದೇಹಿಕ ಕರ್ಮಗಳನ್ನು (ಶ್ರಾದ್ಧಾದಿ) ನೆರವೇರಿಸಿದನು. ನಂತರ ರತ್ನಗಳು, ಹಸುಗಳು, ದಾಸಿ-ದಾಸರು, ಮೇಕೆ-ಕುರಿಗಳನ್ನೂ ದಾನಮಾಡಿದನು.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharma through two linked duties: honoring the dead via aurdhvadehika rites and practicing dāna (charitable giving). It presents ethical kingship and household responsibility as expressed through ritual propriety and redistribution of wealth.
The narrator describes a sequence of acts: arrangements of Brahmin endowments and agrahāras, performance of the sons’ post-funeral rites, and subsequent gifting of valuables and livestock (and household dependents) as part of formal charity and settling of obligations.